About The Artist

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ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Ken Kalman, OK Harris Gallery, New York, New York 2012
Ken Kalman, Metal, Wood, Paper
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009
Animal, Insects and Mapworks
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA  2008
Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, CA  2006
Native”, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, sculptures by Ken Kalman,Walnut Creek, CA  2002
Transamerica Two, San Francisco, California 1995
AirTouch Communications, Walnut Creek, California  1995
Gensler and Associates Architects, San Francisco, California 1994
Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, Nevada 1993

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Gary Dinnen, Ken Kalman, Maureen Hood, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento CA  2009
Aluminum, Three Person Show, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA  2004
Central
California Art Center, Two Person Show, Modesto, CA  1999
Sculpture, Works by Kalman, Bui and Thrift, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994
4N3D, Works by Bui, Falk, Kalman and Matsumoto, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA  1993
Constructure, Works by Robin Bernstein and Ken Kalman, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield Campus, San Raphael, California 1993
Ken Kalman and Michael Wells, New Ground Gallery, Montclair, California 1993
Ken Kalman and Neil Hart, Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA 1992
Ken Hendrickson and Ken Kalman, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1991
"Independence / Interdependence", Paul Douglas and Ken Kalman, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990
Mary Hatch and Ken Kalman, Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1989

GROUP EXHIBITION

One Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 2012
"A Selection of Very Nice Pictures", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011
The Fine Art of Baseball: 14th Annual, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011
"Football Invitational", National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, Indiana 2011
Treasures from the Gallery Collection, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010
"Family Reunion", Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2010
Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art. Katonah Museum of Art, Katanoh, New York 2010
"Twisted, Chiseled, and Fired", Danville Art Gallery, Danville, CA 2010
Summer Reading, George Krevsky Galery, San Francisco, CA 2010
"Rookies and Pros", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010
Summer Exhibition, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009
The 12th Annual Art of Baseball Exhibition, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009
"The Animal Within", Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2009
A Modern Day Drawings Cabinet, Bay Area Figurative Works, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009
"Marking Time: Omer Calendars by Community Artists", BJE Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA 2009
Wild Thing!, The Gallery at Cliff Lede Vineyards. Yountville, CA 2008
”Building a Team”, The 11th Annual Art of Baseball Exhibition, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA  2008
Community Artists Look at Israel, BJE Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA  2008
Small Treasures with a Special Twist, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA  2007
"Curtain Call,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA  2007“Americana”, The Main ARTery Gallery, Benicia, CA  2007
Spring Training: The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA  2007
All About Books: Artists’ Books, BJE Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA  2007
George Krevsky Gallery, “A Closer Look.” San Francisco, CA  2007
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, “Creatures of Magic and Myth,” Sonoma, CA  2007
Perlow-Stevens Gallery, 2006 Fall Exhibit, Columbia, Missouri, 2006
Menagerie: Artists Look at Animals, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA  2006
George Krevsky Gallery, “My America,” San Francisco, CA  2006 
James Gallery, “Baseball and Jazz,” Pittsburgh, PA  2006
Claudia Chapline Gallery, “Summer Exhibition,” Stinson Beach, CA  2006
I. Wolk Gallery, Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, CA  2006
12th Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show, Walnut Creek, CA  2006
Artscape, “Spring Green and Woven Things,” Walnut Creek, CA  2006
George Krevsky Gallery, “Top of the Ninth, The Art of Baseball.” San Francisco, CA  2006
George Krevsky Gallery, “Works on Paper.” San Francisco, CA 2005
Virginia Breier Gallery, “Tiger in the House.” San Francisco, CA 2005
George Krevsky Gallery, “Sculpture: Then and Now.” San Francisco, CA  2005
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA  2004
Virginia Breier Gallery, “Primates”, San Francisco, CA  2004
Modesto Junior College Faculty Exhibition, Modesto, CA  2004
Solomen Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA  2004
Virginia Breier Gallery, “Time”, San Francisco, CA 2003
Virginia Breier Gallery, “Metal”, San Francisco, CA  2003
Virginia Breier Gallery, “Figurative Show”, San Francisco, CA  2002
Modesto Junior College Faculty Exhibition, Modesto, CA  2001
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA  2001
“Inspired by Title”,Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA  2000
Modesto Junior College Faculty Exhibition, Modesto, CA  1999
Terrain Gallery, "Before the Fall," 5 Sculptors, San Francisco, CA  1999
Boritzer, Gray, Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA  1998
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA  1998
Island Arts, Newport, Rhode Island  1998
Yerba Buena Sculpture Walk '98, San Francisco, CA  1998
San Francisco Art Institue, Masters Theseis Exhibition, Herbst Pavillion Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 1998 
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA  1997
Lumina of New Mexico, Taos, New Mexico, 1997 
Yerba Buena Sculpture Walk '97, San Francisco, CA 1997   
Posner Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan 1997
Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA  1997
Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997
Northern Telecommunications Corporation, Santa Clara, CA  1997
Northern Telecommunications Corporation, Santa Clara, CA 1996
Yerba Buena Sculpture Walk '96, San Francisco, CA 1996
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996
Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA 1996
Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA 1995
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA  1995
Posner Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA  1994
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1992
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1991
Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA 1991
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990
Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL 1989
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1989
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA 1988
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988
Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA 1988
Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1987
Interart Gallery,  San Francisco, CA 1986
Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1985
Los Llanos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1983
GMB Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1983
Navasaya Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1983
Robert Taylor Galleries, Houston, TX 1982
Images ll, Houston, TX 1982
Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL 1982
Performance  Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1982
Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI 1978

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

“Emeryville Celebration for the Arts”, Emeryville, CA 1993-2011
"Optical and Kinetic Art: In Pursuit of Movement and Change", Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA 1993
"California Works", California Exposition, State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA  1992
            Jurors: Italo Scanga, Rena Braunstein and Dyana Chadwick
"5th Annual All Sculpture Exhibit", Golden State Sculptor's Association, Agoura, CA 1991
            Juror: Sandy Decker, Professor of Fine Art, California State University, Northridge CA
"4th Annual All Sculpture Exhibit", Golden State Sculptor's Association, Agoura, CA 1990
            Juror: Avery Faulkner, Professor of Fine Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Art in American Embassies, American Embassy, Lima, Peru 1987-1989
OCAA  20th All Media Exhibition, Brea Civic Cultural Center, Brea, CA 1986
            Juror: Kerry Brougher, Asst. Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
"New Dimensions in Art '86", Seattle Art Center, Seattle, WA 1986
"Chanukah Exhibit", Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco, CA 1986
"On a Small Scale: All California  '86", Laguna Art Musuem, Laguna Beach, CA 1986
            Juror: Howard Fox, Curator, LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"61st Crocker-Kingsley Open Exhibition", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1986
            Juror: Howard Fox, Curator, LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Functional Art", Interart Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1986
"1985 San Francisco Arts Commission Indoor Juried Exhibition", SF, CA  1985
            Juror: Ralph Maradiaga, Co-Director, Galleria  de La  Raza
"21st Annual Tri-State Exhibition", Carlsbad Fine Arts Museum, Carlsbad, NM 1984
"Chain Reaction ", KiMo/AUA Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1984
"3D Show", Teaching Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1981
            Juror: Molly Mason, Professor of Fine Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
"Detroit Artist's Market", Detroit, MI 1981 

AWARDS

Award of Merit, California Works, Sacramento, California 1992
Honorable Mention, "5th Annual All Sculpture Exhibit", Golden State Sculptor's Association, Agoura, CA 1991
Honorable Mention, "4th Annual All Sculpture Exhibit", Golden State Sculptor's Association,Agoura, CA 1990
2nd Place, "3D Show", Teaching Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1981

CATALOGUES, TELEVISION, AND PUBLICATIONS

Lou's Views: TheArtists of Summer by Lou Harry,
   Indianapolis Business Journal, August 6, 2011.
ABC channel 7, KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA. Tuesday April 5, 2011.
   Art exhibit captures the boys of summer. By Don Sanchez.
San Francisco Chronicle,Wednesday April 6, 2011 section E-1 by Steven Winn.
   The Fine Art of Baseball: Giants-tinged show.
The New York Times, Travel Section, Travel Guide to Napa Valley,
   Auberge du Soleil. Tuesday January 25, 2011.
International Journal of Multicultural Education. Volume 12, No. 2. "Cartographic
   Imagery in Contemporary Art", by Hwa Young Caruso and John Caruso Jr.
   Katonah Museum of Art. 2011
"Mapping", Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art. Katonah Museum of Art,    Katonah, N.Y. October 2010- January 2011
The New York Times, Travel section, Fine Art Meets Fine Wine in Napa Valley by    Jaime Gross, Auberge du Soleil, October 4, 2009
The 12th Annual Art of Baseball, Exhibition Catalogue, George Krevsky Gallery,    San Francisco, CA 2009
Marking Time: Omer Calendars, BJE Community Library Catalogue,
   San Francisco, CA Spring 2009
Jewish Weekly," East Bay sculptor hammers home a love of animals". By Dan    Pine, Feb. 6, 2009
East Bay Business Times, “Public Art, Bay Area governments requiring    developers to pay for creative works,” by Jessica Saunders,    Friday April 25, 2008
Sacramento Bee, Sunday  June 3, 2007, Solomon Dubnick Gallery joins    midtown’s burgeoning arts scene, Ticket section, By Dixie Reid, Sacramento,
   CA  2007
American Style, Baltimore Maryland, June 2007, page 43
Guest Lecturer: Berkeley Kiwanis Club, Berkeley, CA  2007
All About Books; Artists’ Books, BJE Community Library Catalogue,
   San Francisco, CA  2007
Oakland Tribune, Metro Section, “To some, baseball always will remain a work of
   art”, By Dave Newhouse, April 9, 2007
"Writing on the Wall”, By Joel Sager, Perlow-Stevens Gallery News, Columbia,
   Missouri, October 28, 2006
Artweek, Previews by Debra Koppman, July/August  2006
Henry’s Garden. (Garden sculpture), KRON 4 TV. Airs in August  2006.
Contra Costa Times,West County Times, East County Times, Valley Times, San Ramon Valley. Weekend Art, ‘Top of the Ninth’artwork catches attention, by Robert Taylor, April 6, 2006, Walnut Creek, CA
Top of the Ninth, The Art of Baseball. Exhibition Catalogue, George Krevsky Gallery,San Francisco, CA  2006
Contra Costa Sunday Times, West County Times, East County Times, Valley
   Times, San Ramon Valley, “Spotlight,” by Jennifer Modenessi. January 8, 2006,
   Walnut Creek, CA
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Critics Choice, “Native” Lindsday Wildlife Museum,
   May 29, 2002
Emeryville News, December 2001, Emeryville, CA  2001
The Modesto Bee, September 5, 2001, Modesto, California 
San Francisco Art Institute MFA  ,Exhibition Catalogue, San Francisco, CA  1998
10th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition Catalogue, Emeryville, CA  1996
The Modesto Bee, Sunday Arts Section, September 12, 1993,
   Modesto, California
Las Vegas Review Journal, March 19, 1993, Page 17D, Las Vegas, Nevada
"Sculptures, Photos at MJC", The Modesto Bee, September 6, 1992, Modesto CA
"Juxtapositions", Focus, September 3, 1992, Modesto, CA
California Works Catalogue, California Exposition, Sacramento, CA 1992
The Carnation Collection Catalogue, Nestle Corporation, Glendale, CA 1992
American Artists, An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries, American
   References Publishing Corporation, Chicago, IL 1990
Art in Embassies, Department of State: Twenty Five Years at the US State
   Department, 1964-1989
, written by Douglas McCreary Greenwood, Published
   by Friends of Art and Preservation of Embassies, 1989
"Mary Hatch and Ken Kalman", Chicago Tribune, Sunday, April 16, 1989,
   Chicago, IL
California Art Review, American References Publishing Corporation,
    Chicago, IL 1989
All California '86 On a Small Scale Catalogue, Laguna Art Museum,
   Laguna Beach, CA 1986
OCAA 20th Annual All Media Exhibition Catalogue, Brea, CA 1986

CURRENT DEALERS

OK Harris Gallery, New York, New York
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California  1998 
B.A., Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1981
B.A., History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1979
Undergraduate Studies, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 1977-78
College of Basic Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA 1975-77

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

-1999-2006, Modesto Junior College.  Basic Drawing, Advanced Drawing and Gallery Management.
-1998 (summer semester), City of Oakland, Artists in Literacy Program, Sculpture Instructor
-1998 (spring semester), San Francisco Art Institute. Teaching Assistant for John Roloff, Beginning Sculpture 1, Structure and Concept.
-1997 (fall semester), San Francisco Art Institute. Teaching assistant for John Roloff, Beginning Sculpture 1, Structure and Concept.
-1996 (spring semester), Modesto Junior College.  Two Basic Drawing classes.
-1993 (fall semester), Modesto Junior College. Basic Drawing and Gallery Management.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, 1955

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.                  
Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee, WI
Nestle' Corporation, Glendale, CA
Letterpower Institute, Chicago, IL
Crawford/Wu Films, San Francisco, CA
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois
Hewlett Packard Corp., San Diego, CA
Hewlett Packard Corp., Atlanta, Georgia
Kaiser Permanente Corporation, Rancho Cordova, CA                  
Kaiser Permanente Corporation, San Francisco, CA                                
Corp Art, Rockville, MD                                                                                    
Tiffany and Company Jewelers, San Francisco, CA     
Intergroup Corporation,  Los Angeles, CA
Ruth Volid Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
Pensione International Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland
Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED  COLLECTIONS

Mr. and Mrs. Timm Crull, San Marino, CA                                               
Niklaus Amsler, Zurich, Switzerland                                                                    
Mimi and Dick Livingston, Larchmont, New York
Hal Brandes, San Francisco, CA 
Jim Ring, Los Angeles, CA
Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons, Detroit, MI                                
Dr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Bernstein, St. Louis, MO
Gardiner Hemple, San Francisco, CA
Tom Mazzolini, San Francisco, CA
Caroline and Jesse James, San Francisco, CA
Peter Boyer, San Francisco, CA
Evelyn and Fred Wertheim, San Francisco, CA
Hilda Lewis, Castro Valley, CA
John Ehrlich, San Francisco, CA
Frank Pavlov, San Francisco,
G.L. Alexanderson, Santa Clara, CA
Ann Laughlin, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. DeVault, Franklin, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Boone, San Francisco, CA
Dottie Walker, Atherton, CA
Linda Cabellon, San Francisco, CA
Tracy Tavel and Larry Fagan, Los Altos, CA
James Kline, Turlock, CA
Linda  and Jonathon Bockenstadt, San Francisco, CA
Zandra Knutson, Mill Valley, CA
Mr. Steven Jesser, Chicago, IL
Lucinda Lee Parker, San Francisco, CA
Howard Camden, Farmington Hills, MI
Ted Shaner, San Francisco, CA
Constance Ng, Walnut Creek, CA
Linda Wenrick, Santa Fe, NM
Kate Arnold, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Peter Palasota, Costa Mesa, CA
Joyce Frankel, Northbrook, IL
Scott Madison, San Francisco, CA
Thomas Waite, San Francisco, CA
Russell Regan, Pacifica, CA
Elaine Kwan, Chicago, IL
Paul Wotman, San Francisco, CA
Gerda Roth, Greenbrae, CA
Judith Brown, San Francisco, CA
Christian Winslow, Chicago, IL
Jo Ann Dohallow, Walnut Creek, CA
Paul Ehrlich, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Surnow, Bloomfield Hills, MI 
Mr. Dan Tishberg, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mr. Kenneth Beeke, Milwaukee, WI  
Mr. Terry  Hueneke, Bayside, WI   
Dr. and Mrs. James Flesch, Milwaukee, WI
Mrs. Brett Pabst, Heartland, WI
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kriloff, Chicago, IL
Scott Bernstein, St. Louis, MO
Mrs. Eleanor Steffen, Berkeley, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Barbara Schauffler, Lafayette, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Valarie Lee, Oakdale, CA
Julie and Patrick Kennedy, Piedmont, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Sonya Lee, El Cerrito, CA
Robin Nassitar, Oakland, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Kay, Oakland, CA
Steven Traiger, Emeryville, CA
Dr. Bernard Santasario, San Diego, CA
Cathy Clark and Jokull Tomasson, Oakland, CA
Kenneth Schmier, Berkeley, CA
Cynthia Margulis, Alameda, CA
Stuart Rembaum, Berkeley, CA
Danielle Steele, Stinson Beach, CA
Sally Klingbeil, San Francisco, CA
John Traina, Sonoma, CA
Nicola Miner and Robert Anderson, San Francisco, CA
Helen Heekin, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dr. Mary Lynn Miller and Dr.  Raymond Meister, Oakland, CA
Eugene and Sondy  McLinn, Middleton, WI
George Krevsky, San Francisco, CA
Catherine R. Cusic, San Francisco, CA
Kathy Kasper and Fred Konkel, Oakland, CA
Gail Giffen, Walnut Creek, CA
Jonathan Harris, San Francisco, CA
George and Jan Pasha, San Rafael, CA
Jennifer Perlow, Columbia, Missouri
Bennett Katz, San Francisco, CA
Sara and Matt Brown, Berkeley, CA
Diana Willow, San Jose, CA
Ms. Jane Kahan, Tiburon, CA
Marcia and Paul Cook, Palo Alto, CA
Sandra Clewans, Burlingame, CA
Lynda Hawley, Occidental, CA
David and Jackie Poitier, Berkeley, CA
Marion Waldman, Stinson Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cohn, Oakland, CA
Richard Nagler, Piedmont, CA
John Goldman, San Francisco, CA
Maia Peeples, Sacramento, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Gene and Paula Freed, Seabright, N.J.
Ms. Maurene Viele, Palo Alto, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Mort and Amy Friedkin, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Rosann Gutman, Dallas, Texas
Ms. Margaret Hearst, San Francisco, CA
Bill Segesta and Sally Howlett, Berkeley, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Greenberg, Wyndmoor, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Agapi Burkard, Hillsborough, CA

COMMISSIONS

Linda Karm, Chicago, IL  1989
Mr. and Mrs. Ingrim, Palm Springs, CA  1989
Randy Mon and Izumi Sakai, San Francisco, CA  1991
Artech Building (Salamander), Berkeley, California  2002
Cathy Clark and Jokull Tomasson, (Asterisk), Berkeley, CA  2002
Danielle Steele, (Tortoise, Hippopotamus and Baby),  Stinson Beach, CA  2003
Jeff Brown and Andrea Meghrouni, (Fountain), Berkeley CA  2006
Larry Lyttle, (baseball glove), Pacific Palisades, CA 2006
Patrick Kennedy, ( UC Storage, 2127 Shattuck Avenue), Berkeley, CA 2006
The Renaissance School (time capsule plaque), Oakland, CA  2007
The Renaissance School (library dedication plaque), Oakland, CA  2008
The Crowden School (Violin/Cello), Berkeley, CA 2008
Dr. Sam and Mrs. Barbara Lewis, Donner Lake, CA 2009
Bob Hughes and Margaret Fisher, (menorah), Emeryville, CA 2009
Perforce, Alameda, CA 2009-10
Mandy Bratt, Oakland, CA 2011

 




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